# NAME
OpenAPI::Client - A client for talking to an Open API powered server
# DESCRIPTION
[OpenAPI::Client](https://metacpan.org/pod/OpenAPI::Client) can generating classes that can talk to an Open API server.
This is done by generating a custom class, based on a Open API specification,
with methods that transform parameters into a HTTP request.
The generated class will perform input validation, so invalid data won't be
sent to the server.
Note that this implementation is currently EXPERIMENTAL, but unlikely to change!
Feedback is appreciated.
# SYNOPSIS
## Open API specification
The specification given to ["new"](#new) need to point to a valid OpenAPI document,
in either JSON or YAML format. Example:
---
swagger: 2.0
host: api.example.com
basePath: /api
schemes: [ "http" ]
paths:
/foo:
get:
operationId: listPets
parameters:
- name: limit
in: query
type: integer
responses:
200: { ... }
`host`, `basePath` and the first item in `schemes` will be used to construct
["base\_url"](#base_url). This can be altered at any time, if you need to send data to a
custom endpoint.
## Client
The OpenAPI API specification will be used to generate a sub-class of
[OpenAPI::Client](https://metacpan.org/pod/OpenAPI::Client) where the "operationId", inside of each path definition, is
used to generate methods:
use OpenAPI::Client;
$client = OpenAPI::Client->new("file:///path/to/api.json");
# Blocking
$tx = $client->listPets;
# Non-blocking
$client = $client->listPets(sub { my ($client, $tx) = @_; });
# Promises
$promise = $client->listPets_p->then(sub { my $tx = shift });
# With parameters
$tx = $client->listPets({limit => 10});
See [Mojo::Transaction](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Transaction) for more information about what you can do with the
`$tx` object, but you often just want something like this:
# Check for errors
die $tx->error->{message} if $tx->error;
# Extract data from the JSON responses
say $tx->res->json->{pets}[0]{name};
Check out ["error" in Mojo::Transaction](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Transaction#error), ["req" in Mojo::Transaction](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Transaction#req) and
["res" in Mojo::Transaction](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Transaction#res) for some of the most used methods in that class.
# CUSTOMIZATION
## Custom server URL
If you want to request a different server than what is specified in
the Open API document:
$client->base_url->host("other.server.com");
$client = OpenAPI::Client->new("file:///path/to/api.json", base_url => "http://example.com");
## Custom content
You can send XML or any format you like, but this require you to add a new
"generator":
use Your::XML::Library "to_xml";
$client->ua->transactor->add_generators(xml => sub {
my ($t, $tx, $data) = @_;
$tx->req->body(to_xml $data);
return $tx;
});
$client->addHero({}, xml => {name => "Supergirl"});
See [Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor) for more details.
# EVENTS
## after\_build\_tx
$client->on(after_build_tx => sub { my ($client, $tx) = @_ })
This event is emitted after a [Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor) object has been
built, just before it is passed on to the ["ua"](#ua). Note that all validation has
already been run, so alternating the `$tx` too much, might cause an invalid
request on the server side.
A special ["env" in Mojo::Message::Request](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Message::Request#env) variable will be set, to reference the
operationId:
$tx->req->env->{operationId};
Note that this usage of `env()` is currently EXPERIMENTAL:
# ATTRIBUTES
## base\_url
$base_url = $client->base_url;
Returns a [Mojo::URL](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::URL) object with the base URL to the API. The default value
comes from `schemes`, `basePath` and `host` in the Open API specification.
## pre\_processor
["pre\_processor"](#pre_processor) is deprecated.
Use ["after\_build\_tx"](#after_build_tx) and ["generators" in Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor#generators) instead.
## ua
$ua = $client->ua;
Returns a [Mojo::UserAgent](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::UserAgent) object which is used to execute requests.
# METHODS
## call
$tx = $client->call($operationId => \%params, %content);
$client = $client->call($operationId => \%params, %content, sub { my ($client, $tx) = @_; });
Used to either call an `$operationId` that has an "invalid name", such as
"list pets" instead of "listPets" or to call an `$operationId` that you are
unsure is supported yet. If it is not, an exception will be thrown,
matching text "No such operationId".
`$operationId` is the name of the resource defined in the
[OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/2.0.md#operation-object).
`$params` is optional, but must be a hash ref, where the keys should match a
named parameter in the [OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/2.0.md#parameter-object).
`%content` is used for the body of the request, where the key need to be
either "body" or a matching ["generators" in Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor#generators). Example:
$client->addHero({}, body => "Some data");
$client->addHero({}, json => {name => "Supergirl"});
`$tx` is a [Mojo::Transaction](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Transaction) object.
## call\_p
$promise = $client->call_p($operationId => $params, %content);
$promise->then(sub { my $tx = shift });
As ["call"](#call) above, but returns a [Mojo::Promise](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojo::Promise) object.
## new
$client = OpenAPI::Client->new($specification, \%attributes);
$client = OpenAPI::Client->new($specification, %attributes);
Returns an object of a generated class, with methods generated from the Open
API specification located at `$specification`. See ["schema" in JSON::Validator](https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON::Validator#schema)
for valid versions of `$specification`.
Note that the class is cached by perl, so loading a new specification from the
same URL will not generate a new class.
Extra `%attributes`:
- app
Specifying an `app` is useful when running against a local [Mojolicious](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious)
instance.
- coerce
See ["coerce" in JSON::Validator](https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON::Validator#coerce). Default to "booleans,numbers,strings".
## validator
$validator = $client->validator;
$validator = $class->validator;
Returns a [JSON::Validator::OpenAPI::Mojolicious](https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON::Validator::OpenAPI::Mojolicious) object for a generated
class. Not that this is a global variable, so changing the object will affect
all instances.
# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2017, Jan Henning Thorsen
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
# AUTHORS
Jan Henning Thorsen - `jhthorsen@cpan.org`
Ed J - `etj@cpan.org`